Jury Awards $578,000 For Discriminatory Firing of Jewish Casino Employee

Last week, a federal district court jury in Greenville, Mississippi awarded $102,000 in back pay, $76,500 for mental anxiety and $400,000 in punitive damages to a former gambling casino employee who, the jury found, was fired because he was Jewish.  According to Monday's Jackson (MS)  Clarion Ledger, Marc Silverberg, the former food and beverage director for Sam's Town Casino & Gambling Hall in Tunica, said that his firing was due to the prejudice of a new general manager who was hired. The company claimed Silverberg was fired for poor job performance. [Thanks to Joel Katz (Relig. & State in Israel) for the lead.]